Neck or bracelet chain



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NECK 0R BRACELET CHAIN. No. 254,512. Patented Mar. 7,1882.

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DOLIVER S. SPAULDING, OF MANSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

NEC K OR BRACELET CHAIN,

SPECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 254,512, dated March 7,1882.

Application filed January 9, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DOLlVER S. SPAULD- ING, of Mansfield, of the countyof Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Neck or Bracelet Chains; and I do hereby declare the sameto be described in the following specification and represented in theaccompanying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top view, Fig. 2 an endview, and Fig. 3 a horizontal section, of a portion of a neck orbracelet chain involving my invention, it being composed of severalranges of units or rings and two edge ranges of cups, arranged as shown,and connected as hereinafter described.

In my improved chain the connections of each two opposite end or fellowcups and the intervening rings or units are eithertwo pieces of wire,equal, or about equal, in length, twisted together in each of the cups,or a staple of wire having its ends twisted together in one of the saidcups.

Heretofore in making such a chain it has been customary to use a stapleand washers, one of such washers being in one cup and the other in theopposite cup. The staple embraced the washers, and at its ends was nottwisted together, but simply bent down upon the next adjacent washer;or, when the washers were dispensed with, two bolts or headed pins wereused to connectthe two opposite end cups, the pins at their ends notbeing twisted together, but simply bent down upon the bottom of the endcup, into which they were extended, all being as represented in theUnited States Patent No. 230,745. Besides such methods of constructingsuch a kind of chain, each two opposite units in the two end ranges havebeen connectedwith theinterveningunitsbyastaple of wire, coiled at itsmiddle and twisted together at its ends, the coils and twists projectingbeyond or outside of the edge units, such projections being not onlyvery objectionable as to appearance, but in other respects. So a chainhas been composed of a series of rings or units provided with oval orelongated openings for reception of the connecting wires or staples, theunits at one edge of the chain being closed on their outer sides, exceptin haw (No model.)

ing depressions and holes therein to receive the staples, all being asshown in the United States Patent No. 241,189.

The nature of my invention or improvement in a chain of the aforesaidkind or class consists in the combination of fillings, substantially ashereinafter described, with each fellow pair of edge cups and theirconnection or connections and immediately-intervening link or units,such fillings being arranged within the edge cups, as explained.

In making my improved chain each unit A of each of the two outer rangesof units is a cup havin ga flat bottom pierced with two holes, a a, toreceive the fastening or connecting wires, (shown in Fig. 3 at b 1),)extending from one edge cup to its fellow directly opposite in theopposite edge range, and going through the immediately-intervening unitsor rings B. The wires of each pair of connecting-wires are twistedtogether within their end cups; or, instead of two wires, a staple maybe substituted and have its ends hooked or twisted to gether within oneof the two end cups, into which such staple may be extended. By hookingor twisting the ends together, instead of simply bending them at rightangles down upon the bottoms of the cups, they are efl'ectuallypreventedfrom beingaccidentally drawn out or separating from the cup, as they areliable to be when simply bent down, the chain becoming much stronger byso making or intertwistin g the connecting-wires or ends of the staple;besides which, such ends are wholly within the cup. Furthermore, in eachcup there is inserted a filling-disk or counter-cup, 0, held in place bycontracting the edge of the encompassing cup upon it by a suitable tool,so as to securely hold such filling in place. The said filling-disk orcounter-cup closes the edge cup and hides the connectin g-wires thereinfrom view, and not only prevents dirt or foreign matter from collectingin the edge cup, but improves the aesthetic appearance of the chain.

I would remark that I make no claim to a chain as represented,described, and claimed in the hereinbefore-mentioned .patent; nor do Iclaim a chain of like character having each of its unit connectionsconsisting of a staple of wire coiled at its middle and twisted toinglinks or units 13, such fillings being argether at its ends, and havingthe coils and ranged Within the edge cups, substantially as [o twistsoutside of the connected edge links or specified and represented. units.5 In the chain as described, 1 claim- DOLWEP SPAULDING- The combinationof the filling (3 with each Witnesses: fellow pair of edge cups A andtheir connec- MELVIN T. EsTEY, tion or connections andimmediately-interven- OTIS F. DINSMORE.

